A man whose doctor said his respiratory issues were due to a routine infection, has now lost his whole nose of the real cause, a deadly form of cancer.
William Brogan, 47, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire is now confronted with a major operation to restore his face after doctors were forced to amput his nose.
The only first symptom that the former chef had was a painful nose – an ailment that is common for a variety of routine winter diseases.
But after almost a year of doctors trying to alleviate Mr Brogan’s disease with antibiotics, the real devastating cause showed the blood cancer lymphoma.
Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system – a network of blood vessels and glands helps to combat infections – and that kills around 5,000 British per year.
In the case of Mr Brogan, the disease arose part of the lymphatic system in his nose, but by the time it was diagnosed in January of this year, it had also spread in his mouth.
He claims that doctors have rejected his concerns about the constant nasal pain and believes that his cancer could have been caught earlier.
“I had told them for months and months that it was a little more. You know your own body, “he said.
William Brogan, 47, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire is now confronted with a major operation to restore his face after doctors were forced to amput his nose
After almost a year of doctors trying to alleviate Mr. Brogan’s disease with antibiotics, the real devastating cause turned out to be a form of cancer. Mr. Brogan depicted here in 2013
‘The antibiotics first helped, but when I asked for more help, I had to wait for an appointment. Waiting worse at the time.
‘It took them more than a year to get a biopsy and discover that it was cancer.
“They could have caught this nine months earlier before it traveled in my mouth.
“Now I have a hole in my face and a triangle where they removed part of my nose.”
After finally being diagnosed, Mr. Brogan had to undergo a 20 -hour marathon to remove the cancer earlier this year.
Unfortunately, this meant that he should have his nose, as well as the upper gums from his mouth.
While doctors tried to rebuild the gums with healthy tissue that was brought under his arm, this unfortunately turned out not to be successful.
This meant that he still needed a five -hour operation to remove the failed transplant, before an operation of 12 hours for another transplant to rebuild its upper mouth that turned out to be successful.
Mr. Brogan claims that doctors have rejected his concerns about his continuous nasal pain and that he believes that his cancer could have been caught earlier
Mr. Brogan, depicted here before he lost his nose with his daughter Engel, hopes that surgeons can restore his face in the near future
Since then he has undergone radiotherapy – where powerful radiation is used in an attempt to kill cancer cells – before doctors try to rebuild his nose.
Mr. Brogan said that losing his nose, and the extreme change in his appearance that this had brought, had demanded a huge mental toll on him and he was now medication to help.
“Diazepane, used to relieve symptoms of fear, is the thing that gives me the courage to go out,” he said.
“People say,” There is that man with the hole in his face. ” “
But he added that he is hopeful for the future.
He said that specialized surgeons looked at photos of him prior to the amputation to ensure that they can make him a nose that matches his previous appearance.
“I hope to have a skin transplant to try to rebuild my face within the year,” he said.
‘They have already taken a picture of my face so that they know what color to make my nose.
“I can’t thank the surgeons enough. They saved my life. ‘
Family Doctors usually write antibiotics for nasal pain in cases of sinusitis, an infection of the sinuses.
Although most cases of sinusitis are caused by viruses – for which antibiotics do not work – if infections persists for a long period, it may be a sign that it is caused by a bacterium.
In these circumstances, a medicine can prescribe antibiotics to help delete the infection.
Studies suggest that between one in 20 to one in six British gets sinusitis every year, although many cases are mild and can be treated at home.
Because lymphoma can develop in every part of the lymph system, the symptoms that patients experience can vary enormously.
For example, some can develop swollen almonds in the mouth, a lump in the abdomen or rash, depending on exactly where the cancer is.
However, the most common sign of the disease is a painless swelling in areas such as the neck, armpit or groin.
Other symptoms reported by some patient covers nocturnal sweating, inexplicable weight loss, a high temperature, breathlessness and persistent itching all over the body.
Approximately 13,500 cases of non-Hodgkin-lymphoma-de more usual version of the disease is diagnosed every year in the UK, about 37 cases per day.
About half (55 percent) of the patients will survive at least ten years after the diagnosis.
One in 52 men and one in 71 women will develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the course of their lives, according to Charity Cancer Research UK.
People from the 1980s are most likely diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of every age group.
Although the percentages of this cancer have risen by almost a third in all age groups since the 90s, there has been a small decrease in recent years.
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